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2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

1 Ranked Colleges
7 Degrees Awarded
$23,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Social Sciences is the 51st most popular major in the country with 19,742 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,665 and had an average of $22,423 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 243 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,875 and $20,857 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 general social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general social sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general social sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The social sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree social sciences students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Social Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social sciences degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

CU Anschutz not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus are $23,915, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

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Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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